It’s Christmas morning and for nearly seven decades I remember celebrating this long tradition with my family.  I have played the part of Joseph in a Lutheran parochial school play on Christmas Eve and I have been separated from my blood family on some Christmas mornings post-divorce.  Today, I am in Hawaii with my family who is far removed from religion while fully dedicated to the sacredness of being together in love-filled celebration.

Religions progress in cycles expressing the tripartite nature of all things.  Archaic religions were body oriented expressed thru nature worship and an ecstatic celebration of life.  These birthed  opposing mental Abrahamic-like religions of Judaism and Islam.  Deep feminine versus deep masculine.  Support of matriarchy versus support of patriarchy.  Body versus mind.  The perfect container for the divine child to be born in our heart.